LFS Recommends – April 2021

Cinemas look to finally be re-opening on May 17th in the UK, but those itching to get a film fix before then can peruse our latest list of recommendations.

As usual, the list was compiled by LFS committee chair Richard Hall and committee members Helen Hancocks and David Brook.

If you have your own suggestions, join our LFS Recommends Facebook group or tag us on Twitter.

TV
The Third Man – 1st, 9pm, BBC 4
Colette – 2nd, 10pm – BBC2
Blackkklansman – 3rd, 9pm – Channel 4
Eye In The Sky – 3rd, 11.40pm – Channel 4

MUBI
Songs My Brother Taught Me from 9th April – Chloé Zhao
The Boys From Fengkuei – full review here
Oleg

NETFLIX
My Octopus Teacher – also Oscar-nominated this year for Best Documentary
Eighth Grade
The Sisters Brothers

DISNEY +
Nomadland – Chole Zhao, streaming from 30th April on Star via the Disney Channel.
and hopefully in the cinemas when they reopen in May.

CURZON
Stray – £9.99
Ammonite – £13.99
My Donkey, My Lover & I – £9.99
Memories Of My Father – £11.99

AMAZON
The Mauritanian
Judas & The Black Messiah – £15.99

BBC iPLAYER
The Mole Agent – Oscar-nominated this year for Best Documentary
Foxtrot
I Got Life (available for 2 weeks)
Detroit
Love & Mercy (available for 19 days)
A Star Is Born
Suspicion
A Simple Plan
Land of Mine
The Commune
Mindhorn
In the Loop
The Plank
Whiplash
My Feral Heart
The Fear of God – Mark Kermode looks back on to the Exorcist

BLU-RAY/DVD
Twentieth Century (1934) – Indicator Blu-ray available now – full review here
Things Change (1988) – Indicator Blu-ray available now – full review here